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The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, home to more than a million people. The health ministry confirmed that a pastor tested positive for the virus in a centre in Goma after…
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US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen. He claimed the women "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe", before suggesting…
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South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is due to be questioned, live on television, at a corruption inquiry on Monday, and for the rest of the week. Mr Zuma, who has been implicated in wrongdoing by numerous witnesses, has said he is…
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Gamblers in Kenya have until Friday night to withdraw money deposited in sports betting companies’ wallets or lose them. The directive was issued on Thursday, when the Kenya’s Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government…
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Paedophiles will be chemically castrated by an injection under sweeping new laws in Ukraine. The chemical process ‘involves the forced injection of anti-androgen drugs consisting of chemicals that should reduce libido and sexual…
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President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said he had directed officials to obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies,…
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A truck carrying a gas tanker on Wednesday exploded in Worcester, a town 70 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa injuring six people, including firefighters. Eyewitness, Marazelle de Villiers, filmed the huge fire that resulted from…
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The US says it wants to create an international military coalition to safeguard waters around Iran and Yemen.Marine Gen Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he wanted to "ensure freedom of navigation" in the…
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Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, amid a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration. The ambassador was branded "a very stupid guy" by Donald Trump, after emails emerged calling his…
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There have been violent clashes outside Nigeria's National Assembly between police and Shia protesters. Protesters say officers shot two people dead, but the police said they had used "minimum force" and that eight security personnel…
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